Design: Coote & Co Build: Mt Gisborne Homes Kitchen: Connors Kitchens by Design Photography: Lisa Cohen As a space for both family and guests to use when entertaining, the powder room in this Mount Macedon home needed to be both practical and fun. Considering the room’s lack of natural light, designer Charlotte Coote decided to keep the tones dark and moody, pairing high-gloss dark blue painted timber and textural lineal wallpaper with warm nickel tapware from Perrin & Rowe.

Condominium Remodel

Deep River Partners

Ryan Hainey
Design ideas for a traditional powder room in Milwaukee with recessed-panel cabinets, beige cabinets, multi-coloured walls, mosaic tile floors, multi-coloured floor and grey benchtops.

Kensington House

User

Cloakroom Nick Smith Photography
Photo of a traditional powder room in London with a wall-mount sink and blue walls.

Powder Room

Christine Sutphen, ASID, NCIDQ

Photo of a traditional powder room in Minneapolis.

POWDER ROOMS & BATHROOMS

Montalbano Design Group, Inc

Country Powder room features white wainscotting and toile wallcovering.
Inspiration for a traditional powder room in New York.

Freestone Residence

LuAnn Development, Inc.

Cozy walk street Cape Cod, Doug Leach Architect, Built by LuAnn Development, Photos by Greg Bowman
This is an example of a traditional powder room in Los Angeles with marble benchtops.

Traditional Master Suite Renovation

Payne & Tompkins Design-Renovations

This is an example of a mid-sized traditional powder room in Cleveland with a two-piece toilet, white walls, ceramic floors, an undermount sink, marble benchtops, beige floor and white benchtops.

Fable Hill - The St. Croix

Pratt Homes

Katie Mueller Photography
Photo of a traditional powder room in Minneapolis with blue walls, an undermount sink, shaker cabinets and dark wood cabinets.

Hillsborough Powder room

RKI Interior Design

Hillsborough home Powder room Glass tile wall Marble countertop Interior Design: RKI Interior Design Architect: Stewart & Associates Photo: Dean Birinyi

Holland Park Apartment

Decorbuddi

A warm toned distressed wood was chosen for the vanity unit and additional shelving built to display artefacts and books. A wall-hung toilet was selected to create the best sense of space in this tiny room.

Powder Room with a Punch

Erica Peale Design

This punchy powder room is the perfect spot to take a risk with bold colors and patterns. In this beautiful renovated Victorian home, we started with an antique piece of furniture, painted a lovely kelly green to serve as the vanity. We paired this with brass accents, a wild wallpaper, and painted all of the trim a coordinating navy blue for a powder room that really pops!

Traditional Cloakroom

claregaskin.com

Photo of a traditional powder room in London with multi-coloured walls.

Ремонт в ЖК Две Эпохи

Remodel

Design ideas for a small traditional powder room in Saint Petersburg with white cabinets, blue tile, ceramic tile, a vessel sink, black benchtops, louvered cabinets, blue walls, multi-coloured floor and a built-in vanity.

Mt Lebanon Kitchen Remodel

Bsquared Construction

Inspiration for a small traditional powder room in Other with open cabinets, white cabinets, a two-piece toilet, blue walls, medium hardwood floors, an undermount sink, marble benchtops, brown floor and white benchtops.

Pacific Palisades

Leslie L. Hunt Interior Design

Nicole LaMotte
This is an example of a traditional powder room in Los Angeles.

Bathroom Design

RBA Architecture Inc

Design ideas for a traditional powder room in Boston.

Compact Bathroom Remodel

Henrietta Heisler Interiors Inc

Thoughtful details make this small powder room renovation uniquely beautiful. Due to its location partially under a stairway it has several unusual angles. We used those angles to have a vanity custom built to fit. The new vanity allows room for a beautiful textured sink with widespread faucet, space for items on top, plus closed and open storage below the brown, gold and off-white quartz countertop. Unique molding and a burled maple effect finish this custom piece. Classic toile (a printed design depicting a scene) was inspiration for the large print blue floral wallpaper that is thoughtfully placed for impact when the door is open. Smokey mercury glass inspired the romantic overhead light fixture and hardware style. The room is topped off by the original crown molding, plus trim that we added directly onto the ceiling, with wallpaper inside that creates an inset look.

12 South Historic Bungalow

Maker Construction

Photo of a traditional powder room in Nashville.

Chevy chase remodel

Viewpoint Designs

Photo of a traditional powder room in Houston.

Extension - Skylight in Kitchen

Mitchell Architecture Studio

Chris Snook
Inspiration for a traditional powder room in London with shaker cabinets.

Traditional Blue Powder Room Design Ideas

Think of your powder room as a small bathroom that’s always on display. Likely to be frequented by guests or used as a second bathroom by family members, it should always look its best. Consisting of little more than a vanity, toilet and sink, you could be mistaken that traditional powder room designs are easy to execute, but the tight space can be tricky to get right. As you plan your bathroom renovation, consider the following.

What’s the best way to collate small bathroom ideas?

Browse the photos on Houzz for small bathroom designs, and get acquainted with the specialist behind your favourite picks. You can bookmark and share your favourite photos with everyone involved in your renovation, and click through to Related Photos to broaden your scope. For even more traditional powder room and small bathroom ideas, check out the Stories section on Houzz.

How do I plan the layout of my powder room?

If you're building from scratch, an architect may be the best person to ask. There are three main objects to consider when planning the layout of your traditional powder room: the door, toilet and sink. Pocket, sliding or folding doors will give you more options for toilet and sink placement, while wall-mounted toilets will help save you a few inches of floor space, and make the room feel more spacious. To ensure ease of use, make sure the toilet has at least 38 centimetres of unobstructed space on either side, and 61 centimetres at the front. Powder rooms are primarily a place to use the toilet and quickly wash your hands, so unless you have the square meterage, you don’t need a full-blown vanity. Look for compact options, like a pedestal or wall-mounted sink instead.

What materials should I use in my powder room?

There’s not much space to work with when designing a traditional powder room, so keep your design fairly simple. Otherwise, too many different patterns and textures will quickly overwhelm the space. To avoid a disjointed design, opt for one statement piece or element, such as a fun splashback, benchtop or vanity, and choose subtle materials like stone, marble or granite for everything else. If you fear you haven’t created enough visual interest, fill the void with bathroom accessories such as hand towels and soap dispensers. High-quality bathroom fixtures – including everything from your toilet roll holder to faucet – with matching lines and style, will make a big difference in a such a small space, so if you have the budget, splurge a little!